Megalagrion nesiotes (Perkins, 1899)

Flying earwig Hawaiian damselfly

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Last record: 1930's (source)

Rediscovered in the early 1990's (source)

Distribution

Maui, Hawaiian Islands, USA

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Perkins, R. C. L. (1899). Fauna Hawaiiensis or the zoology of the Sandwich (Hawaiian) isles: being results of the explorations instituted by the joint committee appointed by the Royal Society of London for promoting natural knowledge and the British Association for the Advancement. Fauna Hawaiiensis (Edited by D. Sharp): 2 (2): 31-89, incl. pl. 3-5.

Other references:

Daigle, Jerrell J. (2000). The distribution of the odonata of Hawaii. Bulletin of American Odonatology 6(1): 1-5.

Polhemus, D. A. and Asquith, A. A. (1996). Hawaiian Damselflies: A Field Identification Guide. Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu, Hawai‘i.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. (2010). Endangered and threatened wildlife and plants; listing the flying earwig Hawaiian damselfly and Pacific Hawaiian damselfly as endangered throughout their ranges. Federal Register 75: 35990-36012.

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